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Manchester City celebrate beating Manchester United on Wednesday. — Photo scroll.in MANCHESTER — Manchester City took a huge step towards retaining the Premier League title as a 2-0 win at Manchester United on Wednesday took them a point clear of Liverpool at the top of the table with three games to go. Bernardo Silva and Leroy Sane struck for the visitors in 12 second-half minutes at Old Trafford to inflict a seventh defeat in nine games on United, who remain three points adrift of the top four. City have now won 11 straight Premier League games and further victories over Burnley, Leicester and Brighton will ensure Liverpool's 29-year wait to win the title continues no matter what Jurgen Klopp's men do in their remaining three games. United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made five changes in response to his side's 4-0 humiliation at Everton on Sunday and was rewarded with a far more energetic and committed performance even if City's greater quality eventually shone … [Read more...] about Man City pile on misery for Man Utd to go back top

US President Donald Trump (right) and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (left) sit for a dinner at the Sofitel Legend Metropole hotel in Hanoi on Feb 27, 2019. (Saul LOEB/AFP) HANOI: US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un smiled, shook hands and dined on Wednesday (Feb 27) in Hanoi, expressing optimism that their highly personal brand of diplomacy will lead to a deal on Pyongyang's nuclear programme. At the start of around two hours of talks and dinner at a luxury hotel in the Vietnamese capital, Trump predicted a "very successful" summit, due to resume on Thursday and end in a still unspecified signing ceremony. US President Donald Trump (centre right) and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (centre left) sit with others for a dinner at the Sofitel Legend Metropole hotel in Hanoi. (Saul LOEB/AFP) The two-day get-together follows up on the leaders' initial historic meeting in Singapore in June, where Trump launched his charm offensive to try and get Kim … [Read more...] about Trump, Kim optimistic over nuclear talks

Worth it: Virgil van Dijk has justified his £75 million price tag at Liverpool. (Photo: AFP/Oli Scarff) Jurgen Klopp, who persuaded Liverpool to spend a world-record fee for a defender by completing the £75 million signing of Virgil van Dijk from Southampton last January, might beg to differ with Ferguson's long-held view but generally, the biggest and best-run clubs avoid the January market at all costs. Van Dijk has been a huge success for Liverpool during his 12 months at Anfield and is, perhaps, the exception to the rule that states the January window is dominated by panic buying and expensive mistakes. Having banked the £75 million for Van Dijk, Southampton invested £19.1 million of their windfall on Argentine forward Guido Carrillo from Monaco. After just five Premier League appearances and no goals for the Saints, he was shipped out on loan to Leganes as a costly flop. Carrillo is an example of why Ferguson, and many big clubs and leading managers, have … [Read more...] about Why Liverpool, Man City, Man United and other top clubs are sitting out the January window

Van Dijk has been a huge success for Liverpool during his 12 months at Anfield and is, perhaps, the exception to the rule that states the January window is dominated by panic buying and expensive mistakes. Having banked the £75m for Van Dijk, Southampton invested £19.1m of their windfall on Argentine forward Guido Carrillo from Monaco. After just five Premier League appearances and no goals for the Saints, he was shipped out on loan to Leganes as a costly flop. Carrillo is an example of why Ferguson, and many big clubs and leading managers, have been so reluctant to sign players in January. The biggest clubs now spend months working on prospective signings, scouting them and diving deep into their backgrounds off the pitch. Sometimes, circumstances dictate that they have to do deals in January, but for the top clubs, it is all about the summer window instead. Chelsea have bucked the trend this month by securing an agreement with Christian Pulisic for the Borussia Dortmund … [Read more...] about Why Liverpool, Man City, Man United and other top clubs aren’t buying in January